Heart Rate Zone TRAINING + Exercise | Life Fitness Exercise Bike

3 HEART RATE ZONE TRAINING + EXERCISE

3.1WHY HEART RATE ZONE TRAINING EXERCISE?

Research shows that maintaining a specific heart rate while exercising is the optimal way to monitor the intensity of a workout and to achieve maximum results. That is the idea behind the Life Fitness Heart Rate Zone Training+ approach to exercise.

Zone Training identifies an exerciser’s ideal heart rate range, or zone, for burning fat or increasing cardiovascular fitness. The values within the zone depend on the workout. The Lifecycle Exercise Bike features five exclusive workouts designed to take full advantage of the benefits of Heart Rate Zone Training+ exercise: FAT BURN, CARDIO, HEART RATE HILL, HEART RATE INTERVAL, and EXTREME HEART RATE. Each workout offers different benefits, as discussed in Section 4, titled The Workouts.

NOTE: Consulting a fitness trainer is recommended for defining specific fitness goals and designing a workout program.

All Zone Training workouts measure heart rate. Grasp the Lifepulse Sensors (C9i only), or wear the telemetry chest strap to enable the bike’s on-board computer to monitor the heart rate during a workout. The computer automatically adjusts the intensity level to maintain the target heart rate* based on the actual heart rate.


178 170 161			153
178 170 161
157	150			144
157					136
		142
						127 119
136 130			135 127			127 119		110
115 110		123	117 110		120	112 105			102
115 110		123	117 110		104	112 105		97	102
		104	99	93	88	97	91	84	90
						82	77		78
						82	77	71
								71	66

*Target Heart Rate (THR) is a percentage of the theoretical maximum. For example, a 40-year-old user’s recommended THR for the HEART RATE INTERVAL workout is 144. The HEART RATE INTERVAL workout targets 80 percent of the maximum, so the equation would be (220-40)*.80=144.